[Ted Kooser is the 13th U.S. Poet Laureate. This poem is included in "Poetry I 80 -- A Turning Back To Poetry" an Anthology complied by Billy Collins. There are many wonderful contemporary poets within this book. Billy did a stand up job in compiling such wonderful poetry and prose.]

I tried to find and email address on your blog, but couldn't. I had a comment unrelated to this poem. I wanted to say that I love the quotes in your header! I just wrote a short poem expressing some of the same sentiment. Check it out!

Who or What Am I?

A Baby Boomer by birth, with lots to say. Political views voiced can go either way, not a die-hard political follower but, when something irks me...gloves are off.
I'm neither Democrat nor Republican, both sides tend to irritate me.When I vote, I vote for the lesser of the two evils or I'll vote for my self.
As a Disabled Veteran I've traveled the world, now I'm traveling along cyberspace and blog what I say and say what I blog -- simple as that.
Come and converse with me -- you know you want too!
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